Previously Peter Liddle was the frontman of East London folk-rock band Dry the River. After almost a decade of making music, including a pair of album releases, the band decided to call it a day in 2015. P.D. Liddle has since signed to Xtra Mile Recordings, and ‘You shouldn’t have called’ marks the first fruits of his new solo recordings. It’s chamber-folk coupled to a delicate and painfully introverted vocal. He’ll be playing this, and more, at Omeara on April the 13th.
It was back in 2015 that Dry the River broke up, and PD Liddle was of course the lead singer with that band which were frequently associated with that other London based folkesque band Mumford & Sons, despite sounding not a lot alike. Dry the River were a much folkier…
Scottish folk, but not entirely as you expect it. If there were such a thing as Caledoniana, The Langan Band could well be leading the charge. This is the band’s first studio recording in almost ten years and it draws heavily on their grounding in traditional Scottish folk music but…
Jim Kweskin - now that's a legendary name, leader of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band through the Sixties and beyond, playing with people like Geoff Muldaur and appearing at the original Newport Folk Festival five years in a row (1964-68). Jug Band music was one of the vibrant forms of…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
